Legislation – Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
Changes to legislation:
There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Changes to Legislation
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.
Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 25:
- s. 21(8)(d)(e) substituted for s. 21(8)(d) by 2025 asc 1 Sch. 1 para. 6(2)
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 21(8)(d)(e) substituted for s. 21(8)(d) by 2025 asc 1 Sch. 1 para. 6(2)
PART 1Criminal Justice
Offences involving ill-treatment or wilful neglect
25Care provider offence: liability for ancillary and other offences
(1)
An individual cannot be guilty of—
(a)
aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence under section 21, or
(b)
an offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (encouraging or assisting crime) by reference to an offence under section 21.
(2)
Where, in the same proceedings, there is—
(a)
a charge under section 21 arising out of a particular set of circumstances, and
(b)
a charge against the same defendant of a relevant offence arising out of some or all of those circumstances,
the defendant may, if the interests of justice so require, be convicted of both offences.
(3)
A person convicted of an offence under section 21 arising out of a particular set of circumstances may, if the interests of justice so require, be charged with a relevant offence arising out of some or all of those circumstances.
(4)
“Relevant offence” means an offence under an Act, or an instrument made under an Act, dealing with—
(a)
health and safety matters, or
(b)
the provision of health care or social care.
(5)
In this section—
“Act” includes an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales;
“health care” and “social care” have the same meaning as in section 20.